Harold Wapnick v. United States

Petitioner Harold Wapnick, a certified public accountant, was convicted in 1961, after a 35-day jury trial in the District Court for the Eastern District of New York, on 16 substantive counts and a conspiracy count of an indictment charging the transportation of stolen motor vehicles in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2312. This court affirmed his conviction and the denial of a motion for a new trial. United States v. Wapnick, 315 F.2d 96 (2 Cir. 1963), cert. denied, 374 U.S. 829, 83 S.Ct. 1868, 10 L.Ed.2d 1052 rehearing denied, 375 U.S. 871, 84 S.Ct. 30, 11 L.Ed. 2d 100, 383…